They live in the jungles and mountains of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil, deep in the Amazon, forming isolated but communicating communities.They have lived for centuries in contact with nature, since 15,000 years ago their ancestors arrived in South America after crossing the continent from the Bering Strait, coming from Asia.The Yanomami people – which translated simply means “human being” and currently number about 38,000 people – did not come into contact with white men until the middle of the 20th century, when the Brazilian government sent soldiers into their vast territories to delimit the border with Venezuela.From then on their well-being ended, in a pattern repeated around the planet.The arrival of officials and missionaries spread diseases to which they had no immunity.Measles and influenza caused thousands of deaths.With the roads and the settlers also came deception, deforestation, alcoholism... In the 1980s the gold rush flooded their lands with violent outsiders who killed them with impunity.In seven years, 20% of the Yanomami died.In 1993 the UN officially asked for forgiveness for the genocide they were subjected to.Now in theory they are more protected by law, but their vulnerability remains.In March, four Yanomami were killed in an argument with Venezuelan soldiers.Their crime: claiming a router and Wi-Fi access that they had agreed with the military and then denied.